for all the world

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Entirely, to allappearances.1861,Charles Reade,The Cloister and the Hearth:[…]not a ha'porth of him left but a goodish piece of his skin, justfor all the worldlike a hedgehog's, and a piece o' old iron furbished up.1885,Catherine Louisa Pirkis,Lady Lovelace:[…]Phil offering and giving advice sagely and gravely,for all the worldas though he had been old enough to be this young woman's father[…]1917September 5, Frank Hunter Potter, “Prevention First”, inAlfred Emanuel Smith, editor,New Outlook,page17:[…]the babies lookingfor all the worldas though they had stepped out of pictures by Gian Bellini or by Fra Bartolommeo, that greatest of baby painters.

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